Posts tagged as:

Chemicals

Pesticides Causing Mass Animal Die-Offs

We humans have managed to eradicate a large amount of insect pests with our modern chemicals – but at what cost? Since Rachel Carson first sounded the alarm about pesticides back in the 1950s, we may have banned DDT, but other substances are just as dangerous.
As we watch disturbing numbers of animals die off before [...]

Read the full article →

Chemical Industry Seeks Pregnant Woman for Greenwashed Bisphenol-A Ads

Bisphenol-A (BPA), a chemical found in certain plastics and in canned food, has been blamed for a host of health ills including infertility, diabetes, prostate cancer and breast cancer. Several states including California and Connecticut are in the process of introducing BPA bans, and the chemical and metal packaging industries have decided to ‘fight back’ [...]

Read the full article →

Exposure to Pesticides Linked to Parkinson’s Disease

If you live near a farm sprayed with a combination of pesticides, you may be at greater risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. New research has found that, when mixed, two common pesticides called maneb and paraquat have ill health effects that may explain the increased rates of Parkinson’s among farmers and rural residents.
From The Daily [...]

Read the full article →

Toxic Gifts: Read the Ingredients before Slathering on that Smelly Lotion

So, you’ve opened all your gifts and among them are some cologne, lotion, body wash or other personal care products loaded with fragrance. You might be eager to try out your new stuff, but before you douse yourself in that rank smelling body spray in the hopes of enticing your sister’s hot friend into joining [...]

Read the full article →

The ‘Will it Blend’ Guy Puts New iPhone 3G in the Blender

This gives a new meaning to ‘Apple sauce’. I don’t know if you’ve ever seen this guy’s other ‘Will it Blend’ videos, but he basically takes stuff like tin cans full of pork and beans (like, the entire can) and sticks it in his blender to see if it will work. It’s all [...]

Read the full article →